NEWS
By Andrea F. Siegel | September 6, 2009
Just as circulation has hit a record high, Anne Arundel County's public libraries are seeing shorter hours, smaller staffs and fewer programs because of budget cuts caused by the recession. Recently released circulation figures show a nearly 4.8 percent increase in the fiscal 2009 year over 2008 in books and materials checked out by patrons. In fiscal 2009, which ended June 30, circulation hit nearly 5.7 million. But the sour economy led to cuts throughout the county's budget. Effective July 1, the library system's budget took an 11 percent hit. In July, the nine smaller branches ended Monday morning hours.
NEWS
By Lorraine Mirabella | April 28, 2009
The Baltimore Sun's average daily circulation for the six months ended March 31 fell 9.6 percent, compared with a year earlier, as declines in newspaper sales continued for most of the nation's biggest publishers, the Audit Bureau of Circulations said Monday. Average daily newspaper circulation declined 7.1 percent among 395 U.S. dailies. Sunday circulation fell an average 5.4 percent at 557 U.S. newspapers, the ABC said. Paid circulation declined to 210,098 at The Baltimore Sun. Sunday circulation fell 5.8 percent, to 351,243, ABC reported.
NEWS
By Lorraine Mirabella | October 28, 2008
The Baltimore Sun's daily circulation fell 5.9 percent during the six months that ended Sept. 30, reflecting a trend among the nation's major metropolitan newspapers, even as the paper's Web site saw substantial gains in its readership. Daily print circulation in the industry declined an average 4.6 percent, with Sunday circulation down 4.8 percent, the Audit Bureau of Circulations said. All of the nation's top 25 newspapers reported average daily circulation drops, except for USA Today and The Wall Street Journal.
NEWS
By Lorraine Mirabella | April 29, 2008
The Sun's daily circulation rose slightly during the six months that ended March 31, bucking a trend of continued falling circulation at most major metropolitan newspapers, according to industry numbers released yesterday. It was the first daily circulation gain in 41/2 years for The Sun. The newspaper's paid daily circulation for Monday through Friday averaged 232,360, up from 232,138, a 0.1 percent gain, The Audit Bureau of Circulations reported. That was in contrast to an industrywide decline of about 3.5 percent, according to an analysis of the ABC's numbers by trade journal Editor & Publisher.
NEWS
By Andrea K. Walker | November 6, 2007
The Sun's daily circulation showed signs of stabilizing in the six months ending Sept. 30, with home delivery - the largest component of the printed newspaper's sales - rising slightly, according to numbers released yesterday by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Combined readership of The Sun's print edition and its Web site, baltimoresun.com, reached 1.2 million adults on average - or 58 percent of the market. This is the first time the ABC has released total-audience numbers, which newspapers argue is now a more accurate measurement of readership.
NEWS
By Tricia Bishop | July 31, 2007
Two Hagerstown daily newspapers announced plans over the weekend to merge into one amid ever-declining interest in afternoon editions. The afternoon Daily Mail, which first went to press July 4, 1828, will cease publication Sept. 28 and merge with its sister paper founded in 1862, The Morning Herald. Both publications are owned by Schurz Communications Inc. of South Bend, Ind., and they already share many resources, including advertising and news staff. The combined paper, which is to make its debut Oct. 1 and publish in the morning, will be called The Herald-Mail.
NEWS
By Hanah Cho | May 1, 2007
Circulation at the nation's major metropolitan newspapers continued to drop in the six months ending March 31 as consumers increasingly turned to the Internet and other electronic media for news, according to industry figures released yesterday. Average daily circulation at 745 newspapers dropped 2.1 percent compared with the corresponding period last year, according to a report released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations and analyzed by the Newspaper Association of America. Average Sunday circulation at 601 newspapers slipped 3.1 percent.
NEWS
By Nick Madigan | November 3, 2006
Saying he cannot get The Examiner to stop throwing unwanted papers in his driveway each morning, a Baltimore lawyer has asked the Baltimore County Circuit Court for a temporary restraining order to force an end to the deliveries. "They're trespassing, technically," said Joel L. Levin, referring to the carriers who deliver the papers in his Pikesville neighborhood. Almost a month ago, he said, he began calling the paper's circulation department to have them stopped, but they keep coming.
NEWS
By Nick Madigan | October 31, 2006
Circulation figures at most major urban newspapers, including The Sun, continued falling over the past year, according to Audit Bureau of Circulations figures released yesterday that showed a print media industry beset by competition from the Internet and new forms of technology. Daily circulation dropped an average 2.8 percent at the 770 newspapers that reported numbers for the six-month period that ended on Sept. 30 compared with the corresponding period last year. Circulation at 619 Sunday papers was down 3.4 percent.
NEWS
By ANDREA K. WALKER | May 9, 2006
Most major daily newspapers continued to lose circulation in the six-month period ending March 31, though readership of some papers is increasing because of their growing online audiences, according to industry reports released yesterday. Average daily circulation at 770 of the nation's newspapers fell 2.6 percent for the six-month period ending March 31, about the same percentage as for the last reporting period in November, according to a report released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations and analyzed by the Newspaper Association of America.